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What is your present religion, if any?
Asked of: All respondents (years in which the item was asked)
Present religion · Asked in 19 waves, 2007–2025 · 681,345 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Election Study 2025 | 2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12 | web | 17,000 | 16,978 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 59,940 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2023 | 2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11 | web | 24,500 | 24,481 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2022 | 2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15 | web | 60,000 | 59,949 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2021 | 2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07 | web | 25,700 | 25,692 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 60,966 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019 | 2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05 | web | 18,000 | 17,997 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 59,590 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017 | 2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12 | web | 18,200 | 18,176 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Protestant | Roman Catholic | Mormon | Eastern or Greek Orthodox | Jewish | Muslim | Buddhist | Hindu | Atheist | Agnostic | Nothing in Particular | Something Else | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 33% | 19% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 5% | 21% | 9% | 16978 | ±1 | |
| AK † | 28% | 1% | 4% | – | – | 3% | – | – | 7% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 23 | ±22 | |
| AL | 59% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 15% | 10% | 268 | ±8 | |
| AR | 50% | 3% | – | – | 0% | 2% | 0% | – | 4% | 5% | 25% | 10% | 157 | ±9 | |
| AZ | 22% | 17% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 27% | 10% | 420 | ±7 | |
| CA | 23% | 25% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 8% | 1665 | ±4 | |
| CO | 26% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 12% | 12% | 20% | 8% | 309 | ±8 | |
| CT | 23% | 30% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 11% | 14% | 6% | 176 | ±8 | |
| DC † | 31% | 14% | – | 1% | 8% | – | – | – | 7% | 7% | 24% | 8% | 44 | ±16 | |
| DE | 37% | 20% | 2% | 2% | – | – | 2% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 12% | 13% | 72 | ±13 | |
| FL | 34% | 22% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 19% | 11% | 1310 | ±4 | |
| GA | 41% | 15% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 22% | 11% | 611 | ±6 | |
| HI † | 17% | 8% | – | – | 1% | – | 11% | – | 8% | 4% | 37% | 14% | 69 | ±15 | |
| IA | 43% | 15% | 0% | 3% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 3% | 9% | 17% | 7% | 160 | ±9 | |
| ID | 28% | 11% | 15% | – | – | – | – | – | 8% | 6% | 18% | 14% | 80 | ±13 | |
| IL | 27% | 26% | – | 2% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 5% | 21% | 8% | 607 | ±6 | |
| IN | 36% | 14% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 25% | 14% | 354 | ±7 | |
| KS | 39% | 11% | 1% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 4% | 11% | 29% | 5% | 124 | ±11 | |
| KY | 53% | 8% | 0% | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | – | 5% | 5% | 18% | 9% | 245 | ±7 | |
| LA | 36% | 29% | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | – | 2% | 1% | 17% | 12% | 218 | ±8 | |
| MA | 18% | 33% | – | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 3% | 22% | 6% | 272 | ±8 | |
| MD | 27% | 17% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 28% | 11% | 288 | ±8 | |
| ME | 17% | 28% | – | – | 2% | – | 2% | – | 14% | 7% | 28% | 4% | 73 | ±12 | |
| MI | 31% | 18% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 8% | 21% | 11% | 519 | ±6 | |
| MN | 33% | 19% | – | – | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 7% | 17% | 12% | 270 | ±8 | |
| MO | 36% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 24% | 13% | 337 | ±7 | |
| MS | 54% | 7% | – | 0% | – | 1% | – | – | 2% | 4% | 18% | 15% | 133 | ±11 | |
| MT † | 30% | 22% | 2% | 1% | – | – | 2% | – | 7% | 5% | 17% | 15% | 61 | ±14 | |
| NC | 46% | 14% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 19% | 10% | 547 | ±6 | |
| ND † | 30% | 10% | 5% | 4% | – | – | 4% | – | 17% | 3% | 24% | 3% | 29 | ±19 | |
| NE | 30% | 14% | – | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | 2% | 7% | 11% | 15% | 15% | 78 | ±12 | |
| NH † | 24% | 26% | – | 1% | – | – | – | – | 8% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 56 | ±14 | |
| NJ | 24% | 31% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 15% | 9% | 450 | ±6 | |
| NM | 27% | 21% | 2% | 3% | 2% | – | 5% | – | 6% | 3% | 23% | 8% | 125 | ±11 | |
| NV | 22% | 22% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 1% | – | 7% | 7% | 29% | 6% | 192 | ±8 | |
| NY | 19% | 31% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 20% | 5% | 1153 | ±4 | |
| OH | 36% | 16% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | – | 5% | 5% | 25% | 10% | 607 | ±5 | |
| OK | 49% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 1% | – | – | – | 4% | 5% | 16% | 17% | 204 | ±9 | |
| OR | 22% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 3% | – | 1% | – | 9% | 11% | 28% | 12% | 296 | ±7 | |
| PA | 34% | 21% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 22% | 8% | 760 | ±5 | |
| RI † | 31% | 27% | – | – | – | – | 3% | – | 6% | 2% | 28% | 4% | 46 | ±16 | |
| SC | 52% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | – | 0% | 3% | 2% | 18% | 10% | 277 | ±7 | |
| SD † | 50% | 8% | 1% | – | 1% | – | – | – | 2% | 2% | 21% | 14% | 56 | ±15 | |
| TN | 56% | 6% | 0% | – | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 19% | 9% | 369 | ±7 | |
| TX | 36% | 23% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 19% | 8% | 1465 | ±4 | |
| UT | 8% | 11% | 37% | 1% | 1% | – | 1% | – | 6% | 7% | 17% | 10% | 137 | ±10 | |
| VA | 44% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 19% | 10% | 420 | ±6 | |
| VT † | 26% | 26% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8% | – | 29% | 11% | 22 | ±22 | |
| WA | 28% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 1% | – | 10% | 8% | 26% | 7% | 357 | ±7 | |
| WI | 37% | 20% | 0% | – | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 23% | 7% | 329 | ±7 | |
| WV | 57% | 9% | – | – | 1% | – | – | – | 2% | 4% | 20% | 8% | 113 | ±10 | |
| WY † | 34% | 6% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4% | 12% | 23% | 21% | 25 | ±21 |
Cooperative Election Study 2025 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2016-09-28 to 2016-11-07 |
| web |
| 64,600 |
| 64,527 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2015 | 2015-11-06 to 2015-12-03 | web | 14,250 | 14,232 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-11-03 | web | 56,200 | 56,085 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2013 | 2013-11-06 to 2013-12-03 | web | 16,400 | 16,370 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2012 | 2012-10-01 to 2012-11-05 | web | 54,535 | 54,418 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2011 | 2011-11-09 to 2012-01-07 | web | 20,150 | 20,138 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2010 | 2010-10-01 to 2010-11-01 | web | 55,400 | 55,358 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2009 | 2009-11-05 to 2009-12-14 | web | 13,800 | 13,753 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2008 | 2008-10-08 to 2008-11-03 | web | 32,800 | 32,719 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2007 | 2007-11-09 to 2007-12-10 | web | 9,999 | 9,976 |